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As somebody with recurring traumatic memories I wonder how many of them are made up. I presume some are totally fictitious and some are partially exaggerated m
by faeriechangling 4y ago
As somebody with recurring traumatic memories I wonder how many of them are made up. I presume some are totally fictitious and some are partially exaggerated meanwhile some actual traumatic stuff has likely been memory holed.
I mostly take it as a reason to not live in the past since you can’t even trust your memories to be real. One of the spookier things I’ve realized is that it’s perfectly possible to be like the main character from momento and manipulate what you believe about the past to change your behaviour in the present. I think to some degree that’s how talk therapy works.
The more deeply I think about this topic the more I lose my grasp on reality.
- naasking 4y ago> The more deeply I think about this topic the more I lose my grasp on reality. The past is clouded by faulty memory, but the present has crystal clear solidity to ground you through mindfulness. Maybe you can't recall or you misremember the contents of your original post, but you can be certain you're reading a direct reply to it's contents in the words you're reading at this very moment.